time lapse doesn’t, but
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Cleaning up today and through
this week?
>> April IS S T Eye Awareness
Month.
>> Were sent sexually
transmitted infection.
>> Now, almost half of new
infections involved young
adults and teens. Our health
reporter Haley Hernandez is
here with what every parent of
a teenager needs to know.
Haley, good morning.
>> Hey, and so joining us now
live is Doctor Jeanine. A
white. She is the deputy local
health authority for the
Houston Health Department.
Doctor White, thanks so much
for agreeing to talk to us live
this morning. I will add that,
you know, a challenge for a lot
of young people is that these
infections might not cause any
symptoms. So what’s your advice
for the only way that somebody
can know for sure if they have
an STI?
>> So morning, thank you for
having me. And actually, you’re
correct is this is national an
STD awareness month. And we
know that these guys are
impacting. Are you more than
any other group hardest hit?
So that’s ages of 15 24 people
who really are hardest hit and
what we want young people to
understand it is infections.
They really don’t have any
symptoms. So the best way to
know that you are at risk is to
really think about tension go
get tested, so annoying.
It is to use that as their
knowing your HIV status is very
important.
>> Can you tell us based on
what you see in Houston with
the Houston Health Department?
What are some of the most
common STI is that people can
get?
>> And so we know as the hours
are passed from one person to
another person from having sex
and what we see are include
media gonorrhea a couple of
virus or that HPV. So the list
as well as HIV.
>> Yeah, we’ll leave those up
because I don’t think that will
surprise anybody. But those are
still quite common.
What are some examples, though,
if somebody doesn’t get these
treated, what are some of the
complications that can arise?
>> So certainly we know that
the individuals that may have
affected transmitted infection
are more likely to get or
transmit a tidy. So it’s
important to know yours that is
with regards to the eyes.
And we also know some
complications of 60 transmitted
infections, particularly
Clinton may they have a woman
more Ris to unable to get
pregnant
>> on that topic, can you tell
people what they couldn’t do or
what they should do to avoid
getting an infection?
>> So everyone has a different
perspective on their preventive
risk. And so certainly you want
to think about, you know, the
number of partners that you may
have. You want to think about
the use of a condom using it
correctly. You want to talk to
your partner and know if your
partner has a nice actually
transmitted infections are
their HIV status. You want to
know your status. You want to
know your your risk for
sexually transmitted
infections, as well as your
HIV status. So you really want
to have a frank conversation
with your partner. However,
Frank conversation with their
physician and really talk to
your physician about your risk
and what tests you should get
for your your relative risk
of infections. You also really
want to think will become
pregnant. Pre-exposure
prophylaxis treatment or
post-exposure. We call that had
hoped to exposure. Prophylaxis
treatment with regards your
risk
for HIV.
>> Yeah, there’s no harm in
knowing because those are very
effective safe drugs out on the
market now. And so, yeah, as
you mentioned, you want to know
your status and some things
don’t have symptoms. So you
need to get tested in order to
find out if you have anything,
where can you go to get
specifically for people who
might not be able to afford it?
Are there options for people to
get tested without that
financial barrier?
>> Absolutely here. And he’s
the health department. We have
the You want to call our
numbers. Angry. 2, 3, 9, 3, 5,
4, 2, 7, 3 agencies need a
green, 2, 3, 9, 3, 5, 47 in
college. See what’s happening
is nearest to you and we’re
happy to have you come in again
issue whereby we actually offer
of free STD counseling and
testing.
>> Free. We like that. I’m
assuming, you know, if you call
that number that you’re
probably get have to make an
appointment. Absolutely.
All right, doctor, White, thank
you so much for joining us.
Start that’s Doctor Jeanine, a
white with the Houston Health